CoutureCart Makes Online Boutique Startups a Little easier

Courture Cart is an e-commerce shopping cart designed for fashionistas and fashionistos who want open their own online boutique. The company has been focusing on assisting fashion retailers market their website for a number of years and the resounding complaint has been shopping cart solutions.

These guys were able to use this info to strategically position themselves as the only e-commerce shopping cart built exclusively for fashion retailers.

Unfortunately... why hadn't anyone thought of this? E-commerce and fashion go hand in hand, it's just sad to see fashion still so far behind in technology. Tyler Eagleton from CoutureCart made this statement...

"With CoutureCart, adding product and managing styles is simple...Adding multiple photos and sale options is also streamlined. We've also made importing product from a current site a breeze. It's exactly what fashion retailers have been asking for!"

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Wanted: Fashion & Style Social Bookmarker

I need a social media fashionista to partner with me and do social bookmarking for companies...

Read the job description and let me know if you are interested or if you know someone who is.
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Craigslist: http://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/wrg/886643511.html

Please note... before you apply for this job have experience with blogging and social bookmarking.

What i need done:
I need someone to go to all the blog posts I do around the web and summarize the articles into 2 to 3 compelling sentences and submit them to Digg, Propeller, del.icio.us, and magnolia...daily.

What I already have versus what the provider will build:
I already have the accounts set up and the articles written... you just have to bookmark them. It should take you 1 to 3 minutes per article. I will share a google calender with you to keep both of us on track.

Other context/requirements that providers will need to know:
I do about 29 blog posts per week for a number of companies dealing with luxury, jewelry, style, and fashion.

Specific expertise that I am seeking:
English speaking fashion columnist and/or blogger with funny and witty content. I'm not a technical writer and I need someone who can add a human element to this project. Someone who is passionate about fashion, style, and jewelry!

Timeframe for delivery:
You can choose to bookmark daily or to bulk bookmark at the end of the week, however it needs to be done by the end of each week.

Payment:
Depending on your preference payment can be done by a paypal invoice emailed to me. Please state how much you would charge for this job.. because I have no idea.

Please note:
payment will be paid at the end of each month.

* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
* Compensation: Please state in application how much you would charge for this job

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Suzy Menkes On CNN

Suzy Menkes interview with CNN... the ultimate fashion editior... 20 years with Hearld Tribune has made her an icon. She talks about the economy and how she started as a fashion columnist, blogger, editor, and designer.... a must watch for fashionistas and fashion industry professionals.



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The Hippo Water Roller Project

www.hipporoller.org

Today is blog action day and any excuse I have to talk about Hippo Water Rollers is a good day for me (see my previous post).

A Hippo Water Rollers is a 22lb device that allows anyone to transport 24 gallons of water in less time and with greater ease. This is like a giving free healthcare to an American... many natives in other countries carry 5 gallon buckets on their head to get water to their communities causing havoc on their bodies, on their lives, and on their health... The Hippo Water Roller Project aims to solve that problem.

Hippo Water Rollers makes it possible to gather gallons of water 5x's the amount possible than traditional methods. A single roller carries enough of the needed liquid to meet the basic requirements for 5 people per day.

I love and support The Hippo Water Project and I encourage all my readers to get involved today by donating money to the project and helping thousands break free from poverty, one roller cost $100 and last up to 7 years. If you can't provide monetary aide, partner with The Hippo Water Project, volunteer, or just spread the word.

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My New Website

Hello Faithful Readers! I am proud to announce my new website for my freelance services, self entitled... www.tierramwilson.com. What will you find there?

• My Writing Samples
• List of Clients
• Services
• Rates
• Resume
• Contact Info
• Portfolio from my Asst Fashion Styling Positions (coming soon)
• ....And More About Me!

Check me out today and let me know what you guys think...

Thanks,
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360 Degree Mirror

I ran across this new gadget and I think my hubby would stay out of the bathroom forever if I bought this... the 360 degree mirror. For about $40 this bad boy has seven mirror panels for full coverage. The central mirror lights up and it can be mounted with suction cups or screws. The dimensions are 9x6x2 1/2"... three AAA batters needed.

Wanna purchase? This Google search will direct you to the right place. Like This? Love This? Let me know!

Brides.com Coming to a Phone Near You

Brides.com, a Conde Nast publication, will be coming to your Nokia N75 on October 17th. How? Brides.com come will be bringing future brides live video streaming of current bridal fashions straight from the runway using Flixwagon video technology. For more information visit my source at Market Watch or wait for the release of the cool feature at Brides.com blog, Wedded Bits. Like This? Love This? Let me know!

Chictopia.com

Chictopia.com is a hot website where you can upload pictures of yourself representing your personal fashion style.... kinda like a do it yourself Satorialist. You can also browse pictures by body type.. which I think is pretty cool. They also have a blog, Everybody is Ugly, "Because without style, everybody is ugly", which offers advice about new products and what's happening in the fashion world. Like This? Love This? Let me know!

Funky Watches Inspired by Andy Warhol

Cool website, 15 Minutes of Andy Warhol, has some fabulous watches some fabulous watches featuring the artist designs, including the Nothing Special Andy061 watch shown in Bon Apetit Magazine... which is out of stock by the way. Here are a few of my favorites.. and a lot of them are between $35 - $45 ... a few are over $100.

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iPhone 3G Diamond Series Mobile Case

I stumble upon the cutest iPhone 3G case for your mobile phone called The Diamond Series Case. It's stylish, divalicous and tough because of the Hydrocarbon Polymer material, definitely something this fashionista needs. I cracked the screen on my last iPhone... needless to say I could have really used the Hydrocarbon Polymer because it protects your phone from dangerous mishaps, bad weather, and other things...

Purchase today at more-thing.com.

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HP Notebook "China Chic" Creeps Onto the Runway

Hewlett Packard has done it again by partnering with none other than Vivienne Tam. The two have launched a special edition laptop, which looks to be "the" accessory for tech geek fashionistas everywhere. HP and Vivienne Tam unveiled the design of the new "digital clutch" at Vivienne Tam's fashion show at Bryant Park during New York's Fashion Week.

This is definitely a milestone for fashion and technology and I'm so excited! This is the first time that a computer has partnered with a famous fashion designer... plus the 'digital clutch' is just too cute. Viviene Tam even worked with HP to design all the notebook's accessories and even the packaging.

***Update: Video From Fashion, Evolved.***



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Sorry... Blame It On Hurricane Gustav

Hello readers. Sorry about the lack of posting lately. It has been a busy few weeks. I relocated to Arizona just in time to skip Hurricane Gustav. Cox just hooked up my internet at my new spot after waiting a week (my cingular card is poo over here), and I'm a newly wed.

But no excuses, I'm back in the blogosphere today and look forward to hearing from each of you.

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Fashion 2.0 Meetup

I don't live in New York... but meetings like this always bring back that impending dread that I'm missing out by not being there. Thank goodness for the internet, though. This month Fashion 2.0 had a Fashion Design 2.0 Meetup in New York that included a guest panel of some really influential women in fashion and technology including: Kathlin Argior, Fashion Designer; Jen Groover, CEO of Jen Groover Productions, Trish Ginter, Co-Founder SmashingDarling.com; Karen Giberson, President, The Accessories Council; and moderator Yuli Ziv, Co-Founder of MyITThings.com (one of my favorite sites).

The discussion , as seen in the video below, gave insight to fashion and it's necessary evolution into Web 2.0. Some of my favorite points included the discussion of the impossibility of validating your business without a website, which would be like networking without a business card. However, the most intriguing point of the conversation was the discussion on web design. All the women agreed that having flashy websites can hurt sales more than help them and that "template like pages" make bigger sales.

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Career Bags For Fall

Last week, while browsing my list of StyleTwins I ran across a fellow StyleFeeder, bagguru, who had the most fabulous collection of career bags (laptop, organizers, gadget holders, etc.) that I had ever seen in one place. Of course, being the tech geek fashionista that I am, I dove right in and tracked down the link to the website that was feeding her StyleFeeder the awesome bags….the site with all the goodies was CareerBags.com.

Needless to say, it was a match made in heaven! Straight off, the site stated that it was “created by a working woman for other working women who refuse to settle for anything less than fabulous business cases, laptop bags, handbags and travel accessories”. To make a long story short, I contacted the working woman who owned Career Bags and Ellen Hart, aka bagguru, is the one of the most enthusiastic lovers of fashion and technology I’ve had the pleasure to meet. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, she is president of CareerBags.com, the leading online e-tailer for laptop bags, luggage and handbags for women. With a personal goal to help every woman bring out her personal style in her business life, no wonder CareerBags Fall 2008 selection is just what I needed…here are my favorite pieces:

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My So Called Dress Collection

Being geek is chic, and being a tech geek fashionista myself, I'm so glad this trend became hot. That's why I was very excited to stumble upon miss bruno's My So Called Dress Collection! According to Shirley Bruno, a co-designer of the brand, "The collection was inspired by our Island/City Girl complex, crazy graphic patterns on vintage fabrics, and fractals. Each piece, along with our so-called scarves are limited and handcut by us. No two pieces are exactly alike, they are each one-of-a-kind. And we don’t keep stock, everything is made to order and can be customized." How exciting is that? Below are a few of my favorite pieces:

The Chou Chou Set

RaRa Dress

Mary One-Piece

Tulip Dress

Visit the collection online and let me know what you think :)

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Get Your Dollars Worth From Your Gadgets: Pt 2 iPod Touch

I've heard it before (even though for the life of me I don't see why) "I don't want an iPhone". So you want to keep your handy phone and get an iPod Touch instead? Getting the most out of your iPod Touch is just as easy! In this 2nd part of Get Your Dollars Worth From Your Gadgets, I am going to focus on how any fashionista can get the most out of your iPod Touch. If you missed part 1 mobile phones check it out here.

Show off your portfolio
Are you a designer, photographer, or an artist that is looking for a great way to make their portfolio mobile without carrying around your laptop? Try Orb, a program that can turn your home computer into a media center by beaming any content to your mobile device, your laptop, your gaming equipment.. and your iPod. All you gotta do is download the program to your computer from Orb and then go to Safari on your iPod and log in to Orb from there... and bingo... instant connection for a small fee. Let's talk about a few gliches... first your home machine has to be turned on, secondly the quality of your images for your portfolio won't be as good as your originals, and thirdly your computer has be the best to really broadcast video... but your folders are still accessible on your iPod. Who wouldn't want that? Check it out at : http://corp.orb.com/en

Store all your important document
The best thing about an iPod Touch is your ability to store all your music and videos, and word documents... wait, you can't store word documents on an iPod touch, or images, or presentations, or excel data, or.. okay you get the picture. But where there is a will there is a way. For $6.99 you can download DataCase (<----this link will open iTunes on your computer) app for your iPod touch or iPhone that will allow you transfer other doc types to your iPhod allowing you to transfer them wirelesly form computer to computer. So now your iPod is an external memory drive to! (Source: TOUCHTIP)

Watch your figure

Stop staring at the menus on your lunch date with the girls! Don't worry about trying figure out how many calories your have left for the day, let Calorie Minder on your iPod Touch worry about it! This little app is full of features:

• You can get complete nutrition reports, including calories, fat, carbohydrates, protein, fiber, saturated fat, sodium, water and all vitamins and minerals.
• Identify which foods are supplying the most fat, calories, carbs etc. in your diet.
• Set goals for your weight and track all your food and exercise. Count calories burned while running, swimming, bicycling or playing golf.
• Keep track of everything you eat or drink, even when traveling. Even on an airplane.
• Works on your iTouch even when temporarily outside of WIFI range.
• Calculate and graph every calorie, every nutrient, and every gram of fat, protein or carbohydrate in your diet.
• Calorie Minder is custom made for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and intensely user tested.
• Keyboard use is minimized. You can enter each meal in seconds.

Link: http://calorieminder.com/

Stay tuned for part 3 laptops later this week.

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Haute Mimi

Haute Mimi is an online publication for the international habitue and fashion devotee! Cool new site with a great staff of hip fashionistas and fashionistos and a talented Editor in Chief Millissa Mathai! Check them out... and while you're there check out my 411 on the first adjustable-height high heel shoe!

www.hautemimi.com

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Stand out in the iPhone crowd

I had to have the iPhone. I stood in line and talked with other customers abut Apple conspiracy theories, and waited, and admired my vintage Manolo heels I haggled for online at Ebay, and waited, and chewed gum, and waited, and text messaged, and waited until I finally got inside. But when I walked out of Cingular (cough) I mean AT&T with my iPhone, I didn’t feel special.

You see, usually when I buy ridiculously high priced gadgets, the guilt quickly leaves when I hit the office, a family function, or a party and someone says “OMG, where’d you get that?” or “That must have cost a fortune”. But this time everyone had a phone like mine… my nightmare had come true… everyone had an iPhone! As the resident Gadget Hound at The Tastemaker Diares, and in life, my number one fashion rule is to stand out with my gadgets. I’m not a trend fanatic, I’m more of a classic, like Jackie O meets couture. My gadgets, however, are usually over the top, Kimora Lee Simmons, f-a-b-u-l-o-u-s.

So how do you stand out from the crowd? You pimp out your iPhone! Here are ways to stand out with yours.

Add Some Color

At ColorWare you can customize your iPhone the way you want it. Change the iPhone, the rim of the iPhone, the SIM card holder, the earphones, and the docking station to make a fashion statement all your own. To customize all of the above you’ll probably spend about about $250. Basic customizations range from $20 to $150.

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Get Your Dollars Worth From Your Gadgets: Pt 1 Mobile Phones

You get home and tear open your new mobile phone box, you are so excited! For 300 or so odd bucks you got a cell phone that can do everything you every thought a phone could do. You think to yourself… why do I need a laptop or a desktop… and promptly take your two week vacation from work leaving your laptop behind. For a total of two gadget heaven days you and your new best friend snap pictures at the park, jam on the beach to Rihanna, and take bubble baths searching Google for native hotspots.... Ahhh.

And then the unthinkable happens, a ringing sound comes from your phone… is it talking back to you? As you look more closely you realize that it’s your boss and he wants that report emailed in pdf to him, immediately. With your laptop in California while you’re in Paris you look at your new mobile phone disgusted. Discouraged you hail a cab and head to the nearest library as you call the local hottie to say the private site seeing tour is off.

It didn’t have to be like that if you had took the time out to researched your gadget and realized that it can do more than you thought it could. Did you know that non technology experts use only use 1/3 of the technology they own? In this three part series, I’m going to give you tips on how to use your mobile phone, laptop, and iPod more effectively and hopefully leave your more to shop.

Mobile Phones

Tip 1: Skype is awesome… I know I love it, but it’s not just for your PC. You can make free voice calls from your PC and your smart phone… if it’s a Windows Mobile 6.1 device. To download just select the Cab file, store it in your mobile device, and launch it locally. But from experience, don’t try this at home unless you have at least 12MB of device memory space or 6 MB of external memory card space depending on where you install Skype; otherwise you’ll be forced to delete those summer picks of your best bikini shots (the ones you starved yourself for 2 weeks to fit into). And for all you fashionistas that don’t keep up with the latest gadgets, it’s also compatible with all the old Windows Mobile device. So call your sister and California and tell her to email you that report at no cost. To download Skype to your windows mobile device visit http://www.skype.com/mobile and to learn more about making calls from your cell phone visit http://www.skype.com/allfeatures/togo.

Tip 2: You really don’t need a computer to create and send documents in different file formats. All-Format Writer a freeware Java J2ME-based application that allows you to create and send out simple documents on the mobile phone in a number formats including OpenDocument Format (ODT), Microsoft’s Office Open XML (DOCX), China’s national electronic document format Unified Office Format (UOF) and Portable Document Format (PDF). It is available for immediate download at http://teavuihuang.com/allformatwriter. It is free for personal use and supports phones with J2ME & JSR 75 (FileConnection). e.g. Nokia 6120c, Sony Ericsson W810i etc. For more info visit http://teavuihuang.com/allformatwriter.

Stay tuned for Part 2: Laptops…. As always feel free to comment below for more tips or to give me your own! Also vote for this post and many of my others at MyITThings.

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The Office Master Contest

Our friends at The Office Master: Techniques for Cubicle Survival have a neat competition coming up that I think you guys would be interested in:

How TO Enter:

• Write a post on your blog about something related to the cubicle experience (whether it be weird gadgets, funny stories, helpful tips, or outrageous pranks…it doesn’t matter, as long as it’s either useful and/or entertaining). ** Bonus points if you link back to The Office Master!

• Post a link to your blog in The Office Master comment section to notify them of your entry.

The winner will be chosen by The Office Master and will receive one of the brand new Jawbone 2 Bluetooth Headsets!!

The contest begins Tuesday, August 5th 2008, and will end at 12:00 AM on Tuesday, August 26th, which means you have three weeks to enter.

Eligible entries will be judged based on:

• Creativity/Originality
• Usefulness/Entertainment Value
• Relevancy To Cubicle Life
• Overall Quality of Writing

So get into your cubicles and get to writing!

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Gadgetize Identity Theft

With the Department of Justice recently announcing it had charged 11 people in connection with hacking identities from credit card customers of nine major U.S. retailers, I couldn't find a more perfect time for the Ziszor! to come in the mail for me to test out. Ziszor! is the first premium, hand-held paper shredder to balance security with ease of use and portability.

Just 10 inches long and under 1 1/2 lbs, it can easily fit into your office drawer at home or right by the mail pile. And don't worry about the mess, Ziszor! quickly shreds paper wherever in a disposable plastic catch-bag. It's the perfect accessory for any tech geek fashionista with a sleek, glossy-silver and red look.

Pictures below show me testing out the Ziszor in my office and I was impressed by the quality and durability of the product. It comes with a letter opener, 3 disposble bags, and AA baterries all for an introductory retail price of $39.50. The replacement catch bags are a great deal too because when you run out you can get 30 for $3.29.

The Ziszor! is marketed and distributed by Ziszor! llc, a Chicago based company. Ziszor! can be purchased exclusively from the website, visit: www.ziszor.com Like This? Love This? Let me know!

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Laptops For YOUR Fashion Style

One of the worst things you can do is spend your well earned money on a laptop that doesn’t fit your lifestyle. With all of the specs, features, prices, and colors available…choosing one of your most important companions can be a downright headache! Below are three different fashion styles and three very different laptops that can be used as a guide to help you find the right one!

The Socialite / Trendsetter
The Dell Inspiron 1526 comes with an AMD Processor and 2 GB of hard drive, which come in handy for the socialite with millions of pictures on her computer. The DVD burner is filled with features so you can burn your favorite (cough) decent movies in style on a 15.4 Wide Screen LCD. Just enough features to keep you happy no matter whose coast you’re on.

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New Book "Fashionable Technology" Coming This Summer

On Sale Starting June 18, 2008, a cool new book entitled FASHIONABLE TECHNOLOGY The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science, and Technology. Find out more below:

From Amazon: "The interplay of electronic textiles and wearable technology, wearables for short, and fashion, design and science is a highly promising and topical subject. Offered here is a compact survey of the theory involved and an explanation of the role technology plays in a fabric or article of clothing. The practical application is explained in detail and numerous illustrations serve as clarification. Over 50 well-known designers, research institutes, companies and artists, among them Philips, Burton, MIT Media Lab, XS Labs, New York University, Hussein Chalayan, Cute Circuit or International Fashion Machines are introduced by means of their latest, often still unpublished, project, and a survey of their work to date. Given for the first time is a list of all the relevant information on research institutes, materials, publications etc. A must for all those wishing to know everything about fashionable technology."

Check it out at http://www.amazon.com/Fashionable-Technology-Intersection-Fashion-Science/dp/3211744983

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Get Cash Back For Shopping Online!

(left to right): Marie J. Toulantis, CEO, Barnes & Noble.com; Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos.com; Rob Norman, CEO, GroupM Interaction Worldwide; Bill Gates, chairman, Microsoft; Matt Ackley, vice president, Internet Marketing and Advertising, eBay Inc.; Patrick Byrne, CEO, Overstock.com; and Jim Barr, president, Online, Sears Holdings.

Shopping online just keeps getting better and better. Bill Gates has now joined top retailers to launch Live Search cashback. Just purchase using Microsoft's Live Search and earn money. How does it work?

Check it out for yourself at http://search.live.com/cashback . Happy Shopping!

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New Luxury Portable Hard Drive by Iomega

How would like to store 1,000,000,000 photos, 4,260 hours of music, and 375 hours of video for one price of $150?!? That's what the new luxurious storage called eGo Leather Portable Hard Drive by Iomega offers. It slides easily into a pocket or purse and is a must have for the tech geek fashionistas who wants more from their hard earned investment.

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iPod Jacket

The Kenpo Jacket for iPod at (http://www.kenpojacketforipod.com/) is a jacket that has some really cool features for iPod lovers. With a front zip and snap closure the jacket includes a detachable hood and flap pockets. It's recommended that you dry clean only because on the sleeve includes a flexible iPod control pad for easy song selection. Like This? Love This? Let me know!

When Fashion & Technology Go Too Far...

I stumbled upon this site called HTL Wireless today.. and I never thought fashion and technology could go so far...

Okay... this is just too much. I don't want to bend down to answer my phone, number 1.. and number 2.. why???

Okay, a cell phone is not a watch.. let me correct that statement: A pda cellphone is not a watch!!! Who wants something that big on their wrist? Like This? Love This? Let me know!

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Stylish new tech cases

Stylish tech accessories are hard to find, for more than one reason. In my search for fashionable technology, I’ve found that many designers think that if they just make a gadget pink, women will buy it. I’ve also come to understand that technology designers are just beginning to understand women’s fashion. And unfortunately, women who use technology everyday are not voicing their distaste with present designs

In lieu of those points, sometimes I jump for joy when I run across people who are finally getting the picture. Life! has launched a line of the cutest cases for your cameras and laptops that are stylish, cute, and will fit into any fashion style. The best part about the laptop totes is that each one has these little compartments to hold your iPods, keys, pens, and other things which allows me not to be forced to carry a laptop and a purse to a business meeting. But don’t just take my word; a representative from Life! explains the versatility of the designs:

“Our varied range of sophisticated bags enables women to make a fashion statement at work, while protecting their valuable possessions at the same time,” says Annique Roc

hecouste, national sales and marketing manager of AZDesignz, owner of the Life! brand. “The fact that major department stores such as Myer are showcasing our designer bags as fashion accessories is a strong endorsement of the high quality of our range.”

“As a global leader in the design and creation of innovative and remarkable lifestyle products, we designed the women’s laptop bags after identifying a gap in the market for bags specifically suited to businesswomen. Women no longer have to be stuck carrying around an ugly laptop bag. Now they can choose a bag that is both practical but which makes a great accessory to their outfit as well.”

I took a couple of looks around and after checking out their website, these are a few of my favorite designs:

Stud Le Clique

This cute studded design comes in black or pink with a lanyard and a belt loop for easy handling on the go.

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How to Get the Most Out of Your Mobile Phone

Women today don’t realize how helpful their cell phones can be if they just take the time to do a little research before they buy, and if they download certain little applications I like to call mobile safety nets.

I use mobile applications all the time to organize my life. For example, I have a mobile application that allows me to get my shopping list together before I go to the grocery store. I’m not talking about a little list maker either. This little application keeps inventory of what’s in my cabinets, suggest when I should buy, and allows me to add products from a database online so I don’t have to type everything in.

The great thing for me is that I an have a Apple iPhone so I have thousands of applications at my fingertips (if you have an iPhone visit http://www.apple.com/webapps/). However, I realize everyone doesn’t have an iPhone nor want one, so these applications can be used on any phone.I picked two applications that can change your week depending on if you are a stay at homer or a career chick. Check them out below.

Best Mobile Application for a Domestic Goddesses

GetMobio Recipe is an amazing application that you can use to look up recipes, ranked by users of course, and immediately view the prep work, ingredients, and step by step directions. The best part is that you can save as many as you want and generate a shopping list to take with you to the store. To view th product demo go to http://www.getmobio.com/learn/demo/recipes/.

Best Mobile Applications for Career Beauties
BalanceDo is a must for serious professionals. This new application allows you to create, send, and track invoices right from your phne. Check it out at http://www.eadiefleet.com/balancedo/.

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Beauty Gadgets For All Budgets

I’m not a huge makeup guru. I usually throw on some eye makeup, blush, and lip gloss for the day and add some dark liner and lipstick to transfer to the night. Being a techie and a fashionista, the natural question for me is: How do I look my best and what gadgets can help me do that? Surprisingly, there are a lot of gadgets out there that can add to your beauty regimen, costing anywhere from a few bucks to a few hundred. I tried two of these gadgets out; one I am absolutely in love with because it didn’t hurt my pocketbook, and one I was just curious about, so I decided to splurge.

This little baby is pretty cool. It’s surrounded by light, making lining your eyes that much easier, and you can put your picture on the mirror to make a personal photo frame. It’s powered by USB and has four feet of cable. Very cool, very chic, and very cheap… only $15 dollars from USB Brando......

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The Incredible Shrinking Tech Toy

Innovation has redefined itself as “small”; from VHS to DVD… smaller, from car phones to cell phones… smaller. Today everyone wants their gadgets to be small, compact, easy to use, and light. The only problem is sometimes you have to sacrifice power for the size.I took a look at a few ultra sleek, small, and stylish devices that could be incorporated into any fashionista’s style without sacrificing either technology or your wallet.

One of my favorite sites, ThinkGeek, features a Credit Card Size Digital Video Player for $99.99. It’s cute and sleek and big on power with an 8 hour battery life, heat-sensitive glowing buttons, 2GB of storage, expandable memory card, FM Radio, audio and voice recording, and much much more.



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Computer Games for Tech Geek Fashionistas

I love computer games, but I hate impossible puzzles, action, and seek and find games. I love strategy games, kinda like the Sims, but one I can play on my computer without pulling my hair out with download times and computer freeze up. Here are three games that deserve mention for women out there who wish there were more games that related to our specific genre. Oh, by the way, I play all my games at Shockwave.com. It's really simple because I pay $24.95 per year and get unlimited access. Email me and I'll send a guest pass to the first five people so you can check it out for yourself.

1. The Diner Dash Series
If you play computer games then you are no stranger to Diner Dash, the fun series where you help Flo, a future restauranter, design her stores and serve food to the masses. This game is so fun, but be careful, only play it at home! I found myself looking behind my back at work trying to squeeze in a few levels, before you knew it a week went by I had gotten no work done!


2. JoJo's Fashion Show
I absolutely love this game, but please be advised, you really need to have some sort of fashion sense to pay this game. The object of the game is to help JoJo regain her fashion career after her assistant stole her designs and became mega famous (sound familiar... the 2nd episode of Lipstick Jungle had the same theme). Dress models in the correct trend and get mega points, be creative and get ready for a new addiction.


3. Carrie The Caregiver 2
Think you are ready for the classroom? This game will definitely let you know. Help Carrie as she educates preschoolers through learning, feeding, tidying up and having fun. I like this version better than the 1st one because changing diapers is just not my thing, computer game or not!


There are many more "chick games" at shockwave.com. Check them out for yourself and let me know what you think.

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Greener Gadgets Conference Highlights

It's time to spring clean spring green your gadgets! The 2008 Greener Gadgets Conference, held on Feb 1st in NY, NY, had a lot of interesting booths, presentations, and designs to help all of us green up our gadgets. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the conference.

1. Mary Lou Jepsen on One Laptop Per Child

2. The Project H Booth. I love these guys, they are known for the Hippo Roller (See top picture on wall). You can donate 100 dollars to their company to give a Hippo Roller to someone in a country that needs it. Hippo Rollers help natives fetch water faster and quicker than the traditional way. Project H is a charitable organization that focuses on "product design initiatives for Humanity, Habitats, Health, and Happiness".



3. CEA Green Electronics. As you can see this is the Consumer Electronics Association own gadget recycling program. You can visit them online at My Green Electronics.



4. The Volatic Solar Backpack raffle. I wish I was there to grab this baby. This backpack uses mobile solar power generators to virtually charge all of your hand held electronics. You can get one yourself in different styles and color ranging from $199 - $599. (click link above to check it out)

5. Nokia's Eco Gadgets: The idea behind this mobile phone and watch like device is call the Nokia Eco Sensor Concept. What it is is a mobile phone that comes with a compatible sensing device that can send shared environment data like your health and local environment to people you connect with. There are two parts to the concept, a wearable sensor unit that analyzes everything and a dedicated mobile phone. The sensor is cool because it's made of solar cells. Read more about this from the source Nokia.



There is also a video about the Nokia sensor device on YouTube from the CES conference. See below.

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